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Okumura-Roshi is the Abbott and head teacher at Sanshin-ji, a Zen community which he founded in Bloomington Indiana eleven years ago. He has travelled widely throughout Asia, Europe and South America, as well as various retreat centers in the USA sharing the Dharma and is one of the world’s foremost scholars of Dogen Zenji’s teachings as well as being a dedicated life-long practioner of those teachings.

He has led numerous Stillpoint retreats here in Pittsburgh since 1996 and has provided inspirational spiritual guidance to our community for many years. He has a very special connection with our sangha, and despite the fact that his travels are being reduced to safeguard his health, we are very fortunate that he wishes to continue his annual retreats with us.

Stillpoint Community Meeting
The
annual Stillpoint Community Meeting will occur Sunday January 22, 2017.
There will be one regular sitting at 9:30am followed by the Community
Meeting. All are invited.

Rohatsu - December 5-9, 2016

To
celebrate the remembrance of Buddha's enlightenment, there will be a
week of sitting starting Monday December 5 and ending Friday December 9.
The schedule for each day will be a series of sittings and breaks
similar to the Saturday Zazenkai schedule. All are welcome to come at
any point and join us for one or many periods of Zazen. If you know of
anyone in the local community who might be interested, please pass along
the schedule. All sittings will take place at the Zendo in
Lawrenceville.

Stillpoint was once again honored to offer our 2016 Fall Sesshin with Shohaku Okuura-Roshi October 7-9 2016.Okumura-Roshi
is the Abbott and head teacher at Sanshin-ji, a Zen community which he
founded in Bloomington Indiana eleven years ago. He has travelled
widely throughout Asia, Europe and South America, as well as various
retreat centers in the USA sharing the Dharma and is one of the world’s
foremost scholars of Dogen Zenji’s teachings as well as being a
dedicated life-long practioner of those teachings.

He has led numerous
Stillpoint retreats here in Pittsburgh since 1996 and has provided inspirational
spiritual guidance to our community for many years.He has a very special connection with our
sangha, and despite the fact that his travels are being reduced to safeguard
his health, we are very fortunate that he wishes to continue his annual
retreats with us.

Rohatsu - December 4-10, 2015

To
celebrate the remembrance of Buddha's enlightenment, there will be a
week of sitting starting Friday December 4 and ending Thursday December
10. The schedule for each day will be a series of sittings and breaks
similar to the Saturday Zazenkai schedule. All are welcome to come at
any point and join us for one or many periods of Zazen. If you know of
anyone in the local community who might be interested, please pass along
the schedule. All sittings will take place at the Zendo in
Lawrenceville.

Rohatsu Schedule

Friday December 4: 10am - 8:15pm

Saturday December 5: 8:30am - 8:15pm

Sunday December 6: 9:30am - 8:15pm

Monday December 7-Thursday December 10: 12:30pm-8:15pm

November 22, 2015Beth Kanji Goldring: Dharma talk by our friend and special guest, founder and former director from the Cambodian Aids Project.

An
American Zen nun in the Japanese Rinzai tradition, Beth founded
Brahmavihara/Cambodia AIDS Project in 2000. She was ordained in 1995.
Beth has received a number of awards for Brahmavihara's work.

November 21, 2015

Writing as a Wisdom Project led by Catherine Gammon

OCTOBER 2015Fall Residential Retreat with Shohaku Okumra-Roshi

Okumura-Roshi is the
Abbott and head teacher at Sanshin-ji, a Zen community which he founded
in Bloomington Indiana seven years ago. He has travelled widely
throughout Asia, Europe and SouthAmerica,
as well as various retreat centers in the USA sharing the Dharma and is
one of the world’s foremost scholars of Dogen Zenji’s teachings as well
as being a dedicated life-long practitioner of those teachings.

He
has led numerous Stillpoint retreats here in Pittsburgh since 1996 and
has provided inspirational spiritual guidance to our community for many
years. He has a very special connection with our sangha, and despite
the fact that his travels are being reduced to safeguard his health, we
are very fortunate that he wishes to continue his annual retreats with
us.

February 22, 2015Beth Kanji Goldring: Dharma talk by our friend and special guest, founder and former director from the Cambodian Aids Project.

An
American Zen nun in the Japanese Rinzai tradition, Beth founded
Brahmavihara/Cambodia AIDS Project in 2000. She was ordained in 1995.
Beth has received a number of awards for Brahmavihara's work.

OCTOBER 2014
Fall Residential Retreat with Shohaku Okumra-Roshi

Okumura-Roshi is the
Abbott and head teacher at Sanshin-ji, a Zen community which he founded
in Bloomington Indiana seven years ago. He has travelled widely
throughout Asia, Europe and SouthAmerica,
as well as various retreat centers in the USA sharing the Dharma and is
one of the world’s foremost scholars of Dogen Zenji’s teachings as well
as being a dedicated life-long practitioner of those teachings.

He
has led numerous Stillpoint retreats here in Pittsburgh since 1996 and
has provided inspirational spiritual guidance to our community for many
years. He has a very special connection with our sangha, and despite
the fact that his travels are being reduced to safeguard his health, we
are very fortunate that he wishes to continue his annual retreats with
us.

OCTOBER 2013Fall Residential Retreat with Shohaku Okumra-Roshi

Okumura-Roshi is the
Abbott and head teacher at Sanshin-ji, a Zen community which he founded
in Bloomington Indiana seven years ago. He has travelled widely
throughout Asia, Europe and SouthAmerica,
as well as various retreat centers in the USA sharing the Dharma and is
one of the world’s foremost scholars of Dogen Zenji’s teachings as well
as being a dedicated life-long practitioner of those teachings.

He
has led numerous Stillpoint retreats here in Pittsburgh since 1996 and
has provided inspirational spiritual guidance to our community for many
years. He has a very special connection with our sangha, and despite
the fact that his travels are being reduced to safeguard his health, we
are very fortunate that he wishes to continue his annual retreats with
us.

January 27, 2013
Annual Stillpoint Community Meeting. Highlights:
We welcomed a new Board President and two new board members. Dates confirmed for our annual retreat with Shohaku in October, and plans underway for a Sangha-led retreat in May.Stay tuned!
Our website has been updated. New Pledge and Member Contribution forms were distributed for 2013 pledges.
If you weren't able to join us for the meeting and we weren't able to thank you personally--thank you for supporting Stillpoint in 2012 with your contributions and in-kind donations.

October 28 2012Beth Kanji Goldring: Dharma talk by our friend and special guest from the Cambodian Aids Project.

An American Zen nun in the Japanese Rinzai tradition, Beth founded Brahmavihara/Cambodia AIDS Project in 2000. She was ordained in 1995.
Beth has received a number of awards for Brahmavihara's work.

October 12-14 2012
Shohaku Okumura-Roshi: Stillpoint Retreat. Okumura-Roshi once again visited us to lead ourStillpoint Fall retreat, right in the middle of Western Pennsylvania’s glorious Fall foliage. [A thank you to all who attended--and for your generosity and good spirit in turning the experience of an unanticipated change of venue into an unexpected 'gift']

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he Abbott and head teacher at Sanshin-ji, a Zen community which he founded in Bloomington Indiana seven years ago. He has travelled widely throughout Asia, Europe and SouthAmerica, as well as various retreat centers in the USA sharing the Dharma and is one of the world’s foremost scholars of Dogen Zenji’s teachings as well as being a dedicated life-long practitioner of those teachings.

He has led numerous Stillpoint retreats here in Pittsburgh since 1996 and has provided inspirational spiritual guidance to our community for many years. He has a very special connection with our sangha, and despite the fact that his travels are being reduced to safeguard his health, we are very fortunate that he wishes to continue his annual retreats with us.

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